Question
On the walk to school each day, a student looks for pennies on the ground. Out of 24 days. the student found a penny on 5 of the days. Based on this data, determine the probability that the student will find a penny tomorrow.
1)19/24
2)5/24
3)1/2
4)24/5
1)19/24
2)5/24
3)1/2
4)24/5
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To determine the probability that the student will find a penny tomorrow based on past data, we can use the relative frequency from the data provided.
The student found a penny on 5 out of 24 days. Therefore, the probability of finding a penny based on this data is calculated as follows:
\[
\text{Probability} = \frac{\text{Number of days a penny was found}}{\text{Total number of days}} = \frac{5}{24}
\]
So, the probability that the student will find a penny tomorrow is \( \frac{5}{24} \).
Therefore, the correct answer is **2) \( \frac{5}{24} \)**.
The student found a penny on 5 out of 24 days. Therefore, the probability of finding a penny based on this data is calculated as follows:
\[
\text{Probability} = \frac{\text{Number of days a penny was found}}{\text{Total number of days}} = \frac{5}{24}
\]
So, the probability that the student will find a penny tomorrow is \( \frac{5}{24} \).
Therefore, the correct answer is **2) \( \frac{5}{24} \)**.